Byline: Kelli Normand

As music blares from our duct-taped PA, my coworker mouths at me that she needs earplugs; the whole shop just ran out of the box I bought. Penniback Records is in for the night with local boys Shoot the Mariner and Royal Suns. To the dismay of my...

It was obvious to me the first time I saw Apollo Soul live just how much of their atmospheric souls pour into the music they create. Their respective instruments feel like extensions of their bodies, and the cohesion of the group as a whole is unparalleled. That night...

Bay Area post-rock band Pastel rolled out of bed early last Saturday to head back up to San Francisco; we invited the band, Nick, Henry, Michael and Matt, to stop by KCPR on their way up to share some art and talk music. The four-piece has two EP...